Latvian black storks - 2020/2021

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7:47 someone on the left


there was a bird flying on the left




Video later.. I was away

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8:54 still shadow on the nest

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8:59 breakfast by Grafiene. She brought a huge amount little ...

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I think it's those nine-spined sticklebacks again


9:01 they are still eating

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9:25 preening .... preening.. preening




wing stretching

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what a big wing


9:35 they are still preening

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9:36 still preening

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9:41 a nutcracker is calling nearby

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11:20 Grafs brought fishes Storklets are eating from his beak!


11:21 a small piece of fish went overboard. he wanted to eat it but lost it. Pity!

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12:21 the oldest caught a beautiful butterfly. He was able to break free! It was a mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphalis_antiopa


now the butterfly is on the right


and caught, for a brief moment

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12:46 they start begging. Someone landed on the left.
12:48 they still are looking to the left

13:35 they are twittering

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13:36 Parent is on the left. Storklets are begging


13:38 they are still begging
13:40 begging
13:42 poor little ones.. still begging
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13:45 finally feeding by Grafiene
that was much food!

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13:47 the oldest stands up and is looking above


13:48 now all are looking - and back to eating some morsels from the nest floor

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13:55 great wing exercises

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14:22 Storklet is stretching out wing and leg

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15:26 they take a nap


15:35 two are preening - their feathers shimmer green

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She is a beauty

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15:49 wing exercises by the oldest- male or female .. I don't know! I think it's rather male a male .
all three seem male judging by their behavior.

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16:11 Grafs









four feedings till now!
The oldest is 42 days old. still 18 days until the first possible fledge (The earliest documented fledge was 56 days in a nest with 4 chicks) On average, they spend 65-72 days in the nest, depending on the food available.
Hatch Times:
June 12th
June 14th
June 15th

BTW: There are documented cases of late broods.
In late broods or 2nd clutch, the chicks often do not fledge until the end of August or beginning of September.
For example, on a nest in Schleswig-Holstein, as well as on 2 nests in Mecklenburg-Pomerania.
since they were without a transmitter, it is not known whether they made it to Africa